The effects of box size, vertical distance, and height on lowering tasks

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 61-67

  Ciriello, Vincent M ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic redesign; Lowering; Manual materials handling; Maximum acceptable weight; Multiple component tasks; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK;

EID: 0034962345     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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